Infernal Method

Band Members

• Current Line-Up
  • Grahame Goode (drums)
  • Pete Peric (guitar)
  • Matt Sorenssen (guitar)
  • Gerard Dack (bass)
  • Andrew Najdek (vocals)

• Former Members
  • Evan Williams (vocals) (2005 - 2007)
  • Lee Glanzmann (bass) (2001 - 2006)
  • Josh Separovic (vocals) (2001 - 2005)
  • Astennu (guitar) (2003 - 2004)
  • Andrew Lilley (guitar) (2002 - 2003)
  • Jonah Weingarten (keys) (2002)
  • Aaron Bilbija (guitar) (2001)
  • Michael Kordek (bass) (2001)
  • Shane Thompson (vocals) (2001)

Formed

Sydney, NSW, 2001

Band Information

Infernal Method developed a fearsome reputation for both brutal and melodic death metal and strong live performance and could have gone on to an enviable level of real success if they had managed to keep it together.

When Sydney band Deadspawn split up in mid-2001, bass player Pete Peric decided to develop a simmering solo project into a complete band. Switching back to guitar he pulled together former Deadspawn guitarist Bilbija, ex-Deadspawn, Automation and Neophobia drummer Goode, and Automation guitarist Michael Kordek as bass player and began rehearsing while seeking a vocalist. Deadspawn had been booked to play Metal for the Brain that year, so with ex-Depression singer Shane Thompson temporarily in place, the then-nameless Infernal Method played in the other band’s stead. No further shows were played after this for some time as Kordek left to be replaced by Syphilis member Lee Glanzmann and then Bilbija left, to shortly join Psi.Kore. Ex-Psi.Kore guitarist Andrew Lilley replaced Bilbija, a permanent singer in Shackles drummer Joss Separovic was found and Berklee graduate Jonah Weingarten joined on keyboards for the band’s first official show as Infernal Method in Sydney. Weingarten was sacked immediately after this (he is now a member of Pyramaze), but the band’s pedigree and strength of material began to generate a level of excitement within the local metal scene and throughout most of 2002 Infernal Method played regular live shows.

At the end of the year the band began working on an album but Separovic split for a short period before returning again; live work re-commenced but in May 2003 it was announced that Lilley had been replaced by ex-Lord Kaos, ex-Dimmu Borgir member Jamie “Astennu” Stinsson. This line-up played at Metal for the Brain in 2003 but afterwards did little. The album, which had been completed while Lilley was still in the band, remained unreleased while Infernal Method played a smattering of shows in early 2004; meanwhile Goode and Stinsson had concurrently joined Central Coast hardcore band Stronger Than Hate. Relations within the band were at a low when they played at Bloodlust in July 2004 and no one was that surprised when it was announced shortly afterward that Infernal Method had split. Goode joined Dungeon, Peric auditioned with Friar Rush before he too joined Dungeon but both left that band in February 2005.

Infernal Method reformed with Sorenssen from Syphilis taking over from Astennu in March 2005. After some return shows, Separovic left Infernal Method to be replaced by Williams from Flesh Mechanic. The band toured nationally with Insision in July 2005 and the long-awaited debut album Architecture of Instinct was released in December after a support with Arch Enemy in November.

Peric and Glanzmann left Infernal Method in February 2006. Andrew Najdek from Switchblade and Gerard Dack came in to replace them and the group featured at the Come Together Festival in Sydney in June. Peric then rejoined in time for a support stint with Dark Tranquillity later in the year. They featured at Metal for the Brain once again before Williams left in early 2007. Najdek rejoined the band as vocalist, but after being announced as a support act for a tour by Vader, Peric and Sorenssen left the band and Infernal Method folded.

Discography

Album:

	2005	Architecture of Instinct	Ward 69

Compilation tracks:

Year	Track Title	Album Title	Label
2005	"Change Blindness"	The Suburban Movement	Faultline